Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Last Year's road trip
We have really been prepping for this Year's 6-week monster road trip with smaller excursions to BC and NM over the years. The photos here are of J&E at a rest stop in BC last year.
Playing Runebound
J&E both love Runebound! Sadly it's too bulky for our road trip, but here are the games we will be taking: boggle, pass the pigs, Scrabble (travel) Catan (travel), yahtzee, myword, pokemon, and cards.
J fishing
J had a fun time getting to know our "neighbors" on the kids free fishing day. He tried for 5 hours to get a trout, and all we got was memories! Next time...
E's Fish
A couple weekends ago we were practicing our 1337 outdoor skills to prep for our road trip. We went fishing on "kids fish for free" day at the Campbell Perk Ponds. J came away empty-handed (and very dejected) but E got a little 2lb trout! Notice how she's wearing a hand-made *dress* to fishing day. (She has gumboots on underneath, so I guess that it's all good). -A
Monday, May 11, 2009
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Welcome to Gardening with Kids!
Gardening is great hobby for parents and kids. Not only do I garden with my own two children, (aged 5 and 7), I also get visits from the neighbor kids who are fascinated with our back yard. Especially since we ripped the lawn out. And completely covered it in raised beds. Nothing "normal" about our yard!
In this era of "landscaping" and weekly "mowers and blowers" (especially here in California), it's almost a lost art to plant your own garden. Which is why I love planting the seed (punny!) in our children.
I have also spear headed the school garden project at a local elementary. Much of my posting here will revolve around my experiences with leading and managing groups of elementary children in a school garden. Some things we didn't didn't turn out as we expected - and others were surprising!
Stay tuned for seasonal advice on gardening with kids.
- Netty Lane
"Sunshine Girl"
California
In this era of "landscaping" and weekly "mowers and blowers" (especially here in California), it's almost a lost art to plant your own garden. Which is why I love planting the seed (punny!) in our children.
I have also spear headed the school garden project at a local elementary. Much of my posting here will revolve around my experiences with leading and managing groups of elementary children in a school garden. Some things we didn't didn't turn out as we expected - and others were surprising!
Stay tuned for seasonal advice on gardening with kids.
- Netty Lane
"Sunshine Girl"
California
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